User talk:172.207.1.234

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Hi,

You may have some ideas of what the population of Cardiff is, but without verifiabile material from reliable sources that cite sources, then this material is classed as original research and should be removed.

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  • Our original major content policy, neutral point of view (NPOV) encourages editors to add undisputed facts, including unbiased accounts of various people's views. It has traditionally forbidden editors from inserting their own views into articles, and demands that Wikipedia balance the relative prominence of differing viewpoints based on their prominence in the relevant field.
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  • Compliance with our Verifiability Policy and our cite sources guideline is the best way to ensure that you do not violate our NOR policy. In short, the only way to demonstrate that you are not presenting original research is to cite reliable sources that provide information directly related to the topic of the article; the only way to demonstrate that you are not inserting your own POV is to represent these sources and the views they reflect accurately.
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Seth Whales 19:42, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced or original content. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. ....If you have a source for your population figures for Cardiff then please add it. Seth Whales 22:24, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. Sorry to have to do this, but you have ignored polite requests. If you repeat the edit without giving a citation, I will have to consider blocking you from editing wikipedia. Deb 17:22, 24 October 2007 (UTC)